TORONTO – Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who faces a number of {sex} assault charges, is choosing a preliminary inquiry and a jury trial in his Toronto case.
In a short listening to right this moment, Stronach’s lawyer indicated the 92-year-old tycoon will proceed with a preliminary inquiry on whichever counts are eligible and a jury trial in Superior Courtroom for the others.
Courtroom is about to listen to which counts are eligible for a preliminary inquiry at a listening to subsequent Friday, when it is also anticipated attorneys will affirm a date for trial.
Police in Peel Area charged Stronach earlier this 12 months with 18 counts — together with sexual assault and indecent assault — associated to 13 complainants.
The case was lately {split} into two proceedings, one in Toronto and one in York Area.
Stronach, who turned one in every of Canada’s wealthiest individuals because the founding father of auto components large Magna, has denied all allegations in opposition to him.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 13, 2024.
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